REINDEER OR CARIBOU 3 



size and the short, much-pal mated antlers, in which the brow-tines 

 form huge " shovels," one of which is generally much larger than the 

 other; and (3) the barren-ground reindeer (/?. tarandus arcticus], 



.Side view of Antlers of Barren-Ground Reindeer. From a specimen in the British Museum. 



from the open country north of the forests in America, nearly 

 related to the Scandinavian reindeer, and characterised by its small 

 bodily size, and the great length and simple form of the antlers, 

 in which, except on the brow-tine, there is scarcely any palmation. 

 The reindeer of Siberia and Novaia Zemlia, which approximate to the 



